Japan 1941: Countdown to Infamy Hotta Eri
Japan 1941: Countdown to Infamy Hotta Eri A Kirkus Reviews Best Nonfiction Book of the YearA groundbreaking history that considers the attack on Pearl Harbor from the Japanese perspective and is…
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Japan 1941: Countdown to Infamy Hotta Eri
A Kirkus Reviews Best Nonfiction Book of the YearA groundbreaking history that considers the attack on Pearl Harbor from the Japanese perspective and is certain to revolutionize how we think of the war in the Pacific.When Japan attacked the United States in 1941, its leaders, in large part, understood they were entering a war they were almost certain to lose. Why did they make a decision that was doomed from the start? In a groundbreaking history that considers Pearl Harbor from the Japanese perspective, certain to revolutionize how we think of the war in the Pacific, Eri Hotta poses essential questions overlooked for the last seventy years: Why did these men--military men, civilian politicians, diplomats, the emperor--put their country and its citizens in harm's way?
Introducing us to the doubters, bluffers, and schemers who led their nation into this